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Reminiscences of Wilburt Scott Brown : oral history, 1967.

Creator: Brown, Wilburt Scott, 1900-1968
Project: Marine Corps project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 314 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

World War I service as enlisted man in France; Naval Academy, early Marine Corps assignments: Nicaragua, 1927-29, Samoa, 1942-43; Staff, Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, 1943-44; Okinawa, occupation of North China, 1944-46; Air University; central Korea operations, 1951-52; PhD in History; faculty member, University of Alabama, 1953-68; anecdotes, personalities, Marine Corps achievements.

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Interview is in the public domain.

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